A number of private equity investors are studying the possibility of making a bid for business software company Compuware Corp, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
2 min read · 27 November 2013
CVS Caremark Corp said on Wednesday it was buying Coram LLC, Apria Healthcare Group Inc's specialty infusion services and enteral nutrition business unit, for $2.1 billion, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 27 November 2013
Mining services firm Bis Industries Ltd, owned by KKR & Co, has called off a planned A$500 million ($456 million) IPO, underscoring the grim prospects for Australia's resource sector in an otherwise buoyant market for stock offerings, Reuters reported.
2 min read · 27 November 2013
Austrian packaging group Constantia Flexibles has cancelled Wednesday's planned share listing after investor demand fell short of expectations, Reuters reported.
2 min read · 27 November 2013
The owners of down jacket maker Moncler are seeking to raise as much as 785 million euros ($1.06 billion) in a public share sale, term sheets showed on Wednesday.
2 min read · 27 November 2013
Bath and toilet maker Sanitec said its owners would sell up to 4 billion crowns ($608 million) worth of shares in its Stockholm listing, meaning the IPO will be Sweden's biggest since 2006, writes Reuters. Sanitec, controlled by Swedish private equity firm EQT, said 40 million shares, or 40 percent of the total, would be offered, but that amount could be increased by 12.2 million shares.
1 min read · 27 November 2013
First-round bids are due in December for Transpacific Industries Group Ltd's New Zealand waste management unit, which is attracting interest from international private equity firms and trade bidders, writes Basis Point a Thomson Reuters publication. Suitors are said to include private equity giants Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group, as well as Japan's Orix and New Zealand infrastructure investor Infratil.
2 min read · 27 November 2013
(Reuters) - Industrial conglomerate Danaher Corp and private equity firm Blackstone Group LP are pursuing a joint bid for chemicals manufacturer Ashland Inc's water technologies unit, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, in a deal that could top $1.5 billion.
3 min read · 27 November 2013
Men's Wearhouse Inc struck back at Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc with a $1.5 billion bid to acquire the suit and tuxedo retailer, only weeks after rejecting a takeover offer from its smaller rival, Reuters reported.
3 min read · 26 November 2013
Russia's Sistema is considering buying into Ozon, a fast-growing e-commerce and internet shopping company backed by private equity firm Baring Vostok, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 26 November 2013
